P51 Mustang Pilots Training Manual (OV000442)

P51 Mustang Pilots Training Manual (OV000442)

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• Pilot Training manual for the P51 Mustang Headquarters Army Air Forces
  
  AAF Manual 51 127 5
  
  Excellent Scanned copy.106 pages scanned as High resolution TIF images and then digitally cleaned page by page. Guaranteed the best quality copy of this manual you will find. Packed with invaluable data including many Photographs, Diagrams & performance / operating Graphs. Manual printed in August 1945 by the Headquarters Army Air Forces Washington. This is a very readable document written in typical US style with creative and dramatic terms and drawings. As you would guess from the date of publication it covers the P-51D and P51K models.

  Contents

  Introduction
  
  History of the P51
  
  Series D&K
  
  Controls
  
  Control Surfaces
  
  Cockpit Front
  
  Cockpit Left
  
  Cockpit Right
  
  The Engine
  
  Supercharger
  
  Carburetor
  
  War Emergency power
  
  Throttle Quadrant
  
  Propeller
  
  Landing gear
  
  Brakes
  
  Hydraulic System
  
  Electrical System
  
  Fuel System
  
  Oil System
  
  Coolant System
  
  Canopy
  
  Cockpit
  
  Instruments
  
  Vacuum System Instruments
  
  Pitot Static System Instruments
  
  Engine Instruments
  
  Miscellaneous Instruments
  
  Radio Equipment
  
  VHF Set
  
  The Detrola
  
  Rear Warning Radio
  
  The IFF Set
  
  Radio Navigation
  
  Homing
  
  Oxygen System
  
  Oxygen & High Altitude Flying
  
  Armament
  
  Gunnery Equipment
  
  Guns
  
  Gun Camera
  
  Gunsight
  
  Effects of Gunnery on Flight
  
  Rockets
  
  Bombing Equipment
  
  Chemical Tanks
  
  Armour
  
  Signaling Equipment
  
  Flare Gun
  
  Recognition Lights
  
  Miscellaneous Equipment
  
  Tie Down Kit
  
  Data Case
  
  Map Case & Drop Message Bag
  
  Pilots Relief Tube
  
  Flying the P51
  
  External Check
  
  Check Before Starting
  
  Starting Procedure
  
  Starting Tips
  
  Stopping the Engine
  
  Taxiing
  
  Pre-Takeoff Check
  
  Take Off
  
  After Take off
  
  Landing
  
  Common Errors in Landing
  
  Coming in too Low
  
  Coming in Too Fast
  
  Coming in Too Slow
  
  Ballooning
  
  Bouncing
  
  Forcing the Tail Down
  
  Tips on Landing
  
  Crosswind Landings
  
  Gusty Landings
  
  Wet landings
  
  Muddy Field Landings
  
  Go-Around Procedure
  
  Flight Characteristics
  
  Full Fuselage Tank
  
  Reversibility
  
  With Extra Wing Tanks
  
  Low Level Flight
  
  High Altitude Characteristics
  
  High Speed Diving
  
  Dive Recovery Procedures
  
  Maximum Allowable IAS
  
  Compressibility
  
  Mach No.
  
  Uncontrolled Dive
  
  Elevator Modification
  
  Compressibility Recovery Procedure
  
  Stalls
  
  Spins
  
  N.A.C.A. Spin Recovery
  
  Acrobatics
  
  Emergency procedures
  
  Forced Landing on Take off
  
  Forced Landing Over Doubtful Terrain
  
  Belly Landing Procedure
  
  Forced Landing over an Airfield
  
  Forced landing at Night
  
  Engine Overheating
  
  Runaway Propeller
  
  Brake Failure
  
  Hydraulic System Failure
  
  Electrical System Failure
  
  Tire Failure
  
  Fire
  
  Ditching
  
  Bailout Procedure
  
  Bailing Out of a Spin
  
  Bailing Out over water
  
  Instrument Flying
  
  Altitude Control
  
  Bank Control
  
  Control Sensitivity
  
  Attitude Instrument Flying
  
  Instrument Approach
  
  Tips on Instrument Flying
  
  Night Flying
  
  Outside the Plane
  
  Inside the Cockpit
  
  Other Lights
  
  Flight Operations Charts
  
  Takeoff, Climb & Landing Chart
  
  Flight Operation Instruction Charts
  
  Planning the Flight